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<h1>Linking in reports</h1>
<p class="whs1">A link is a connection 
 in a report to another report or document. A link allows you to connect 
 from one report, known as the source, to another report or document, known 
 as the target. </p>
<p class="whs1">For example, you can link 
 a report displaying customer region by revenue to another report displaying 
 employee region by profit to compare sales data between the two reports. 
 </p>
<h2>Prerequisites</h2>
<ul type="disc" class="whs2">
	
<li class=p><p>The source and the target reports and/or documents must 
 be created before creating the links. </p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>If the target report or document contains prompts, you 
 must know what types of prompts the targets require and how they will 
 be answered. &nbsp;</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>Adding a link to a report</h2>
<ol type="1" class="whs3">
	
<li style=" font-weight: normal; color: #000000; " class=p><p class="whs1">Run 
 the report you want to add a link to. </p></li>
	
<li style=" font-weight: normal; color: #000000; " class=p><p class="whs1">Right-click 
 the attribute or metric header and select <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Edit 
 Links</B></span>. </p></li>
	
<li style=" font-weight: normal; color: #000000; " class=p><p class="whs1">Click 
 <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>New </B></span>to create a new link, or skip 
 to the next step if this is the first link you are creating for this report. 
 </p></li>
	
<li style=" font-weight: normal; color: #000000; " class=p><p class="whs1"><span><font color=black >Type 
 a name for the link in the </font></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Url 
 display text</B></span><span> field. </span></p></li>
</ol>
<p class="whs4"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Defining 
 the link</B></span></p>
<ol start="5" type="1" class="whs3">
	
<li style=" font-weight: normal; color: #000000; " class=p><p class="whs1">Click 
 <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Browse</B></span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>(...)</B></span> 
 below <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Run this report or document</B></span> 
 to find and 
<a HREF="Select_target_dialog_box.htm">select the target report 
 or document</a>. </p></li>
	
<li style=" font-weight: normal; color: #000000; " class=p><p class="whs1">Click 
 <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>OK</B></span> to return to the Link Editor.</p></li>
</ol>
<p class="whs5">Applying prompt answers to 
 the target report if it contains prompts</p>
<p class="whs4">The box below the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Run 
 this report or document</B></span> field contains a list of any prompts included 
 in the target report or document. </p>
<ol start="6" type="1" class="whs3">
	
<li style=" font-weight: normal; color: #000000; " class=p><p class="whs1">Select 
 a target prompt from the box.</p></li>
	
<li style=" font-weight: normal; color: #000000; " class=p><p class="whs1">Select 
 a prompt answer method from the drop-down list:</p></li>
	<ul>
<li style="list-style: disc;  color: #000000; " type=disc class=p><p class="whs1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Answer 
 with the same prompt from the source</B></span>: You can select this option 
 if you want to use the same prompt answers for both the source report 
 and the target report or document. </p></li>
	</ul>
</ol>
<p class="whs6"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Note</B></span><span>: 
 This option will only work when the source and target use the same prompt. 
 </span></p>
<ul start="6" type="1" class="whs7">
	<ul>
<li style="list-style: disc;  color: #000000; " type=disc class=p><p class="whs1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Do 
 not answer this prompt</B></span>: You can select this option if you want 
 to provide prompt answers to the target report or document after you run 
 them. You can enter your prompt answers manually if you select this option. 
 For example, prompt X requires for you to enter a customer age, and instead 
 of having to choose the age number from a list, you can enter the number 
 in the prompt answer text box. </p></li>
		
<li style="list-style: disc;  color: #000000; " type=disc class=p><p class="whs1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Answer 
 with an empty answer</B></span>: You can select this option if you do not 
 want to answer or be prompted to provide answers the target prompt. </p></li>
		
<li style="list-style: disc;  color: #000000; " type=disc class=p><p class="whs1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Use 
 Default Answer</B></span><span>: You can select this option if you want the 
 target prompt to use the same default answer as it does in the target 
 report or document. </span></p></li>
	</ul>
</ul>
<ol start="8" type="1" class="whs3">
	
<li style=" font-weight: normal; color: #000000; " class=p><p class="whs1">Select 
 the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Open in new window</B></span> check box 
 to have the target open in a new window. This allows the target and the 
 source to be visible simultaneously. </p></li>
	
<li style=" font-weight: normal; color: #000000; " class=p><p class="whs1">Click 
 <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>OK </B></span>to return to the source report 
 and to save your link. </p></li>
</ol>
<h2>Accessing the target from your link</h2>
<ol type="1" class="whs3">
	
<li class=p><p>Right-click the object for which you created the link. 
 </p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Point to <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Links</B></span>. 
 </p></li>
	
<li class=p><p><span>Click the link you created. The target opens. 
 </span></p></li>
</ol>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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